Candidates off and running in Wilmington election

WILMINGTON -- Five candidates have entered the race for the seven board and committee seats up for election this April.

Nomination papers became available this past Wednesday, and four incumbents are among those to officially declare candidacy with the town clerk's office.

Selectmen Chairman Mike Newhouse is running for a sixth term. Selectman Lou Cimaglia, the town's veterans agent, also has a term expiring this year but had not pulled papers as of Friday evening.

Past candidate Daniel Murphy is also seeking a seat. Murphy pulled nomination papers in last year's selectmen race, but did not turn them in before the deadline. He also ran unsuccessfully for the board in 2010.

The School Committee will have three of its seven positions up for election, with the terms of chairwoman Peggy Kane and members Robert Hayes and Kathleen Carroll all ending.

So far, Kane and Hayes are officially running. Hayes launched his re-election bid Tuesday night, announcing his intention to run on his Facebook page and launching a campaign website and Twitter account.

Terms on both the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee are for three years.

On the Housing Authority, Robert DiPasquale has pulled papers to run for another five-year term.

One of two positions as the Wilmington representatives to the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School Committee will be voted on in the spring.

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No candidates for that seat have officially entered the ring.

Candidates have until March 8 to file their paperwork with the town clerk to be on the ballot for the April 27 town election. Residents looking to run need the signatures of at least 50 registered town voters.

Assistant Town Clerk Linda Golden said her office advises that candidates obtain more than 50 signatures in case some of the voter registrations turn out to be invalid.

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